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Page vii
... effigy , perhaps by a man , who was burnt every year , pp . 168-172 ; custom of burning effigies of Haman at Purim perhaps a relic of custom of burning the man - god at the Sacaea , p . 172 sq .; a man perhaps formerly hanged or ...
... effigy , perhaps by a man , who was burnt every year , pp . 168-172 ; custom of burning effigies of Haman at Purim perhaps a relic of custom of burning the man - god at the Sacaea , p . 172 sq .; a man perhaps formerly hanged or ...
Page viii
... effigies burnt in the Midsummer bonfires , p . 299 sq .; these fire - festivals originally magical ceremonies to procure sunshine , pp . 300-305 ; fire - festivals in India and China , pp . 305-311 ; fire - festivals in antiquity at ...
... effigies burnt in the Midsummer bonfires , p . 299 sq .; these fire - festivals originally magical ceremonies to procure sunshine , pp . 300-305 ; fire - festivals in India and China , pp . 305-311 ; fire - festivals in antiquity at ...
Page 96
... effigy of a wolf , which they preserved carefully throughout the year , believing that it espoused their young women and prevented them from giving birth to twins . See Steller , Beschreibung von dem Lande Kamtsckatka , p . 327. These ...
... effigy of a wolf , which they preserved carefully throughout the year , believing that it espoused their young women and prevented them from giving birth to twins . See Steller , Beschreibung von dem Lande Kamtsckatka , p . 327. These ...
Page 107
... effigy gets all the troubles and thereby relieves the original sufferer . Mr. George Bogle , the English envoy sent ... effigies are bedizened . No sooner are these spirit - traps disposed of , by being hurled into the river , then fresh ...
... effigy gets all the troubles and thereby relieves the original sufferer . Mr. George Bogle , the English envoy sent ... effigies are bedizened . No sooner are these spirit - traps disposed of , by being hurled into the river , then fresh ...
Page 121
... effigy of Death is carried out to be buried or burnt , and the fear and abhorrence of it manifested by the bearers . But these features become at once intelligible if we suppose that the Death was not merely the dying god of vegetation ...
... effigy of Death is carried out to be buried or burnt , and the fear and abhorrence of it manifested by the bearers . But these features become at once intelligible if we suppose that the Death was not merely the dying god of vegetation ...
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